Side-bar vehicle



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J. GEIBEL & E. G. PRICE.

SIDE BAR VB HIOLB.

No. 287,016. Patented 001;. 23, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB GEIBEL AND EDWARD G. PRICE, OF MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.

SIDE-BAR VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 287,016, dated October 23, 1883.

Application filed July 14, 1883. No 1am.)

1'0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JACOB GEIBEL and E. G. PRICE, citizens of the United States, residing at Montgomery, in the county of Montgomery and State of Alaban1a,have invented new and useful Improvements in Side-Bar Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in sidebar vehicles, in which we use long springs running parallel with side bars hung on cranks, and connecting-rods attached to the side bars and axle behind and to sidebars and headblock in front.

The objects of our improvements are, first, to produce the most easy and omfortable riding side-bar vehicle in use; second, by our mode of attaching springs to gearing, to produce a vehicle that is relieved of all unnecessary strain in all its parts, (both gearing and body;) third, in accomplishing above objects to maintain as neat and elegant appearance as any other side-bar vehicle now in use. \Ve attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a representation of the runninggear or carriage part 7 of abuggy with our improvements attached Fig. 2, the spring and its attachments.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in both figures. V

A A are springs; B, connecting-rod; C O,

cranks; D D, crank journal-bearings and axle and head-block brace.

At B and C in Fig. 2 is shown the manner in which the connecting-rod and cranks are The part of the rod nearest the cranks is square, and made to enter square sockets in said cranks, and are held in place by nuts at the extreme ends of the rods. The parts of rods B marked E E are the bearings .for the springs.

The two pieces in Fig. 2 marked D show side and bottom views of crank journal-bearings, axle, and head-block brace.

By referring to Fig. 1 it will be seen that we use two of the rods B, four of the cranks O,

and four of the attaching devices D to complete attachments for springs to the runninggear or carriage part. It is also noticeable over all former modes of attaching side springs to gearings with or without the use of side bars, and fully attains our object in making an easy and comfortable riding vehicle. The shape of the springs will also be seen to be such that they are nearly concealed by the side bars, thus leaving the appearance of the vehicle neat and handsome, and not marred by a mass of springs in view either above or below the side bars. B are always on a level with the ends of The connecting-rods B springs, thus putting them entirely out of the 7 way of the body.

NVe are aware that prior toour invention side-bar vehicles have been made with springs running parallel with side bars. e do not therefore claim such a combination, broadly;

but

\Vhat we do claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a side-bar vehicle, the combination of the side bars, the Z-shaped connection, having one arm journaled in the side bar at right angles thereto, and depending, as shown, with its lower arm made tubular, to provide a bearing or socket for the spring-supporting shaft, the spring-supporting shaft, having its ends keyed in the socket formed in the connection, and constructed with the shoulder or stop I), and the spring, having its ends secured on the shaft between the shoulder and the conneca011,. substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. The framing for side-bar vehicles, substantially as described and shown, composed of the front axle, the bolster mounted thereon, the rear axle, the side bars, the braces 1), pro vided at one end with the bearing (1, and clipped near said bearing to the side bars and posite ends journaled on the shafts B, all ar ranged and operating substantially as and for the purposes specified.

JACOB GEIBEL. E. G. PRICE.

\Vitnesses:

L. O. SEALL, THOMAS RUDOLPH. 

